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Pregnant Wisconsin mother accused of using heroin, driving with kids in car

Pregnant Wisconsin mother accused of using heroin, driving with kids in car

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Updated: 12:47 AM EST Feb 2, 2017

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WEBVTT GREENFIELD AT THE GAS STATIONWHERE POLICE FOUND HER.SHELDON.SHELDON: IT'S BAD ENOUGH THATTHIS WOMAN WAS ALLEGEDLY USINGHEROIN WHILE SHE WAS SEVEN-MONTHS PREGNANT BUT SHE ALSO, HAD A THREE-YEAR-OLD ANDFIVE-YEAR-OLD WITH HER AT THISGAS STATION.THOSE CHILDREN WERE MENTIONED INBOTH 911 CALLS.>> CALLER ON THE PHONE INREGARDS TO THE SPEEDWAY.SHELDON: THE 911 CALLS STARTEDCOMING IN ON THE AFTERNOON OFJANURARY 17.>> I HAVE A WOMAN WITH THREELITTLE CHILDREN MAYBE, THREE-YEARS-OLD AND UNDER.SHE'S AT THE SPEEDWAY.IT LOOKS LIKE SHE IS ONSOMETHING.HER EYES ARE ROLLING IN THEHEAD.SHE KEEPS FALLING.SHE WAS GETTING INTO, THEY'REDRIVING A RED CAR.SHE'S THE DRIVER. SHELDON: THE OTHER CALLEREXPRESSING CONCERN FOR THE TWOSMALL CHILDREN.>> I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO THECHILDREN, SO I'M MORE THANWILLING TO MAKE THE PHONE CALLIF IT HELPS OUT. SHELDON: THESE PEOPLE THOUGHTSOMETHING MIGHT BE UP AND TOTHEN CALL 911.TALK TO ME ABOUT THEIR ACTIONS.>> IT'S INCREDIBLE.WE OBVIOUSLY NEED THE SUPPORT OFTHE COMMUNITY TO SOLVE CRIMESAND STOP PEOPLE FROM DOING BADTHINGS, AND IN THIS CASE IF THEY, WOULDN'T HAVE CALLED, SHEWOULD HAVE GOTTEN BACK IN HERCAR WITH HER TWO KIDS, POSSIBLDROVE OFF AND WHO KNOWS WHATDROVE OFF AND WHO KNOWS WHAT, WOULD HAVE HAPPENED AFTERTHAT. SHELDON: COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW

Pregnant Wisconsin mother accused of using heroin, driving with kids in car

A pregnant Milwaukee woman is facing child neglect charges after prosecutors said she snorted heroin and got into a car with two small children.

Police found Natalie Reszcynski in the parking lot of the Speedway at Loomis Road and Howard Avenue.

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Apparently Reszcynski was so out of it that two customers at the gas station were concerned enough to call 911.

This was part of the conversation from one call:

Dispatcher: "Have a caller on the phone in regards to the Speedway at 3390 W. Loomis Road. Go ahead caller."

Dispatcher: "Caller?"

Caller: "Hi"

Dispatcher: "Yeah"

Caller: "I have a woman with three little children maybe 3 years old and under. And she's at the Speedway. It looks like she's on something. Her eyes are rolling in the head. She keeps falling. She was getting into, driving a red car. She's the driver."

"What do you make of the fact that these people thought something might be up and then thought to call 911," WISN 12 News reporter Sheldon Dutes asked Greenfield police.

"It's incredible. We obviously need the support of the community to solve crimes and stop people from doing bad things, and in this case, if they wouldn't have called, she would have got back in her car with her two kids, possibly drove off and who know what would have happened after that," Sgt. Eric Lindstrom said.

The criminal complaint said Reszcynski admitted to snorting $10 worth of heroin at home.

"She didn't really have an explanation of why she would put her kids through that, why she would take her kids with her after she's been using drugs. I think that was the addiction taking over," Lindstrom said.

Reszcynski is charged with two counts of child neglect and is expected to appear in court next week.